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History · Cheshire

Cheshire’s post office opened in 1914

Most of Cheshire was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1993. Below: maps from 1909 on.

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Quick answers

How Cheshire began

When was Cheshire founded?

1914

The Cheshire post office opened in 1914, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Hubert (1914), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 329112 years
Founding year: the first Cheshire post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Cheshire’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Cheshire are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19095 editions of the USGS map, 1909 to 1984. Watch Cheshire change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cheshire’s history is told.

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On the map

Cheshire on the map, 1909 to 1984

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Cheshire. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Cheshire on the 1909 USGS mapCheshire on the 1922 USGS mapCheshire on the 1942 USGS mapCheshire on the 1957 USGS mapCheshire on the 1984 USGS map1909Elmira sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Cheshire.

The story

How Cheshire came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Cheshire.

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Cheshire was a station on the Southern Pacific Railroad line platted in 1913 and originally named Hubert. This name caused confusion with another station on the line, Huber, however, so the railroad company changed the name to Cheshire in 1914. The Cheshire post office was established the same year. Both "Hubert" and "Cheshire" were names chosen to honor James Hubert Cheshire, a favorite child of the people in the area.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Cheshire, 1909 to 1914

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 20th century
  2. 1909On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  3. 1914Post officeThe Cheshire post office opens
  4. 1914Post officeThe Hubert post office opens
  5. 1914Post officeThe Hubert post office closes
By decade

Cheshire, decade by decade

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Famous people

Famous people close to Cheshire

Nobody well known was born in Cheshire itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Carl WiemanNobel prize winning US physicist · b. 1951
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Rebecca SchaefferActress · b. 1967
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Eric Christian OlsenAmerican actor · b. 1977
Mac WilkinsAmerican athletics competitor · b. 1950
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Meredith BrooksAmerican singer, songwriter, musician and produ… · b. 1958
Danny AingeAmerican basketball executive and former player… · b. 1959
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Cheshire’s post office has been open since 1914. Another post office, Hubert, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Cheshire
1914–today
Hubert
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Cheshire’s history

What year was Cheshire founded?

The Cheshire post office opened in 1914, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (2), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.